[{"pk": 10000, "model": "collection.museumobject", "fields": {"shape": "", "labels": [{"pk": 0, "model": "collection.label", "fields": {"label_text": "British Galleries:\nPAINTING ON VELVET\nThe new technique of painting onto silk velvet provided amateur artists with a decorative effect that was quite different from the crispness and delicacy of painted taffeta and satin, which had been popular from the late 18th century. Once painted, pieces of velvet like the bag panel here, could be made up into decorative objects and accessories.", "date": "27/03/2003", "museumobject": 0}}], "event_text": "", "date_start": "1820-01-01", "subjects": [], "object_number": "O78742", "original_currency": "", "history_note": "Made in Britain by H.H. Henry", "updated": null, "bibliography": "", "year_start": "1820", "dimensions": "Height: 34.29 cm, Width: 28.26 cm", "latitude": "", "title": "", "last_checked": "", "artist": "Henry, H. H.", "production_type": "", "edition_number": "", "primary_image_id": "2006AM7024", "styles": [], "marks": "At the bottom is the signiture 'H.H. Henry'", "public_access_description": "Object TypeThe practice of painting designs onto silk velvet was an outlet for the amateur artist, to create panels that she could then make into decorative objects with her needle. She might compose the design herself, or buy it, like this one. The effect of the paint colours on the pile of the velvet gave the pattern a density and texture quite different from the crispness and delicacy of painted taffeta and satin, popular from the later 18th century.